Comments on: Which NAS Device are you Using for Network File Storage?

By: Gord

Gord — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:26:55 +0000

I am using DLink DNS 323 right now.

It seems to be fine. I have already “hot-swapped” the two 250 Gig. Drives I had been using for two 500 Gig drives. (I repair computers and use the device for storing Client Backups prior to repair.)

My current prime printer has network access, however the DNS 323 also has a USB port for sharing a printer.

The price (without drives) was $139. when I bought it. There is now a four drive version, but I think it is too pricy at this time to consider it.

By: Slackmaster K

Slackmaster K — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:40:52 +0000

I keep all my important files on my fileserver, which as 6TB space. The only thing big enough to back that up practically is another file server with 6TB space :)

By: d03boy

d03boy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:22:24 +0000

I have been using the WD Worldbook 500GB for over a year. I have had a few issues with it. I had to send mine back because it stopped working. I have issues trying to get it to turn off.. it’s really hard to tell what exactly it’s doing. I believe that has caused the issues that I’ve ran into (having to send it back). When it works, it works fairly well. Speed is sort of an issue since it has such a weak processor in it. The blinking blue lights on the front are really annoying at night. I would suggest getting something else but overall it’s not a bad deal for ~$250/500GB when it was newer.

By: bridgerboy

bridgerboy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:10:22 +0000

Actually, If I’m not mistaken, Synology is actually based out of Taiwan with resellers in the U.S. So, they are not really a local Seattle company. Just an fyi…
I still really like this product. For the features and the price I would think this would be a good buy.

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How do you Withstand the Hell we Live In? - Geeks! — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:38:03 +0000

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By: Ward Miller

Ward Miller — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:46:51 +0000

Currently I use a Toshiba Portable drive to back up my Mac Book Pro. Would love to move to a Drobo, but don’t have the cash. :-(

By: Zune80

Zune80 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:35:57 +0000

I have been looking at the Synology DS207+ for a few weeks now. I was thrilled to see it on Chris’s desk one night to get his take on it. It seems to be feature packed at a competitive price. I’m not a big fan of the vendors choice of going to enamel white in the new products, but I would make an exception to that for this product. Great video Chris…as usual!

By: Bob Bakh

Bob Bakh — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:30:55 +0000

I use the QNAP TS-509 with 5×1TB drives in raid 5. I just switched to it because I had built my own with ubuntu first and then freenas from freenas.org, but the server I built was wasteful of power and ran very hot. My office was a steam room. Now the qnap does everything including serving video to my TiVo using pyTiVo

By: Maxima2k

Maxima2k — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:12:40 +0000

I have a Snapserver 400 that I purchased probably about 10 years ago. I have a Buffalo Linkstation 400 GB that I bought about 2 years ago. To it I have USB WD Mybook 1TB storage.

By: Wiggsfly

Wiggsfly — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:36:38 +0000

I thought hard on getting a NAS drive as I use more than one computer and have a LOT of files to sync. I decided against it however in favor of dropbox as an NAS drive just doesn’t cut it when you’re not at home.

By: woolf2k

woolf2k — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:56:14 +0000

WD Worldbook 1T RAID 0 or 1. I have it set up as Raid 1 so I only have 500GB available.

It’s been running reliable so far… it’s been almost a year.

It’s OS is Linux with a web interface so the admin abilities are very crude. It does have some fancy software that enables you to share it but it’s extra.

overall I’m happy with it. I think once one spends the pita time to set it up, it’s pretty much hands off.

By: bryan wetton

bryan wetton — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:35:56 +0000

I’m using the QNAP TS 209 Pro with 2 X 500Gb Drives in RAID 1 .

I’m using it as a file server and a web server.

By: anzollo

anzollo — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:42:27 +0000

I use a a windows home server running the latest beta and also a time capsule. They work great and meet my needs currently.

By: Lando’s World

Lando’s World — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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